Jeff Greene qualified for the Democratic governor's primary Wednesday afternoon. The South Florida billionaire was accompanied by his family, the youngest, four-year old Tameron, calmly chomping on an apple while dad filled out the paperwork to secure a ballot spot for the August election.

Greene said he has not identified any significant policy differences with the other candidates — they all have great ideas. Just as all the Democratic candidates have had for the past 20 years.

"But you know what the problem has been? Not one candidate has had the where-with-all, the funds to get their message to the people of Florida," said Greene about what he has to offer Democrats.

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1. You’re plan is a three-month sprint to the Democratic nomination. Others have been running for a year. Why enter the race relatively late?

Greene: It would be late if I felt that one candidate was in a dominant position and had inspired a majority of the electorate and was kind of about to win. Then it would be too late. If you look at all the polls, the leader is undecided. I have always had a yearning for public service. I get my biggest thrill out of life not by making money and doing more deals, but by making a difference in people’s lives.

That’s why my wife and I started a nonprofit school and funded all kinds of philanthropic efforts. But really none of them would come close to the impact I could have on people’s lives as a progressive Democratic governor.

2. How do you persuade people to vote for you?

Greene: By articulating solutions, real solutions to legitimate problems. And in a primary, you show you have a real path to win.

Democrats have had great ideas for 20 years but every time you walk away with a loss because, basically, ideas go only so far. At the end of the day, you have to compete with a very, very well-funded Republican machine, which every year seems to be better funded.

I’m willing to spend whatever is needed to go toe-to-toe with the Republicans in the general election.

Think about the last election. Rick Scott spent two-to-one to Charlie Crist and in the end won by one percent. What would the outcome have been had each side spent $50 million or had both sides spent $120 million?

If I’m the nominee, I will be able to spend equally or more than the Republicans spend.

3. And you are willing to spend as much as it takes to be governor because?

Greene: Education. My wife and I were unhappy with the school choices in our area, Palm Beach.

When my parents moved to Palm Beach I was 15. I was told by people if you go to a school in Florida you may not get into as good of a college because it won’t be perceived as good of a school. So I stayed in Massachusetts with my great aunt – she was 76.

Fast forward 48 years later and U.S. News & World Reports rates Florida K-12 40th in the country. And I think, in 48 years this is what we’ve accomplished? I think to myself this is nonsensical.

4. President Donald Trump has energized the Democratic opposition. Your competitors say it may be his most significant accomplishment. He's your neighbor. Will you lead the Trump resistance in Florida?

Greene: He’s never liked me since the day I moved two doors down from him in 2009. He’s always looked at me, I don’t know why, as some kind of threat, maybe because I’m a young guy. I’m enormously wealthy. I have a beautiful wife. I bought a hotel in Palm Beach.

He’s always looked at me as if I’m trouble. What’s he’s doing right now, pulling parents away, tearing families apart and taking kids from the parents. I have three kids. It’s heart-wrenching.

This is a heartless, discompassionate, mean-spirited monster who is trying to be our president. I will stand up to him on all of this stuff. And it will be a thrill of a lifetime to stand up for the people of Florida against what he is trying to do.

5. What's the message that you are willing to spend a reported $200 million to spread?

Greene: The Democrats will finally have someone to go toe to toe with the well-funded Republican machine. If Democrats like me, I think they will because they see someone who is a dream candidate. A progressive compassionate person who can fund this himself and can turn this state blue forever.

We’re starting late. We’re starting very late. So we have to spend a lot. It’s kinda of like a horse race. If you let everyone else get going, you got to run extra hard and fast to win the race. We realize everyone has been running around this track a long time, so we’re going to have to really open up big.